The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

Chapter 523: Drawing the Sword (Must Read Ticket for Extra Update)

"What nonsense!"

The emperor was so angry that his chest heaved and the ginseng slices in his mouth almost fell out.

Empress Yan reluctantly grasped the Emperor's hand, shedding tears as she spoke, "Not to mention Your Majesty, even I, this concubine, cannot believe it. He, a remnant of a traitor, was spared by Your Majesty's grace, yet she did not repent and repay the favor. Instead, she dared to go even further and directly murder Your Majesty! Ever since you showed your grace and appointed her as a palace concubine, although I felt she was frivolous and inappropriate, I trusted Your Majesty's judgment and thought she would be grateful and atone for the He family's sins, so I let her go. Who would have thought..."

"Where is He? I want to see her!"

The emperor shook off Empress Yan's hand.

I used too much force and saw stars.

Queen Yan actually openly said that he was unable to judge people and favored seductresses, which brought disaster upon himself. How excessive!

He Shuangying, who had been tortured, was quickly brought up.

His hair was disheveled and his clothes were in disarray. The ministers and doctors present all lowered their heads and avoided him.

He Shuangying wanted to rush forward and beg the emperor for forgiveness, but she was held down by the palace servants and could only kneel on the ground and cry.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, help me! The Empress wants to kill me, accusing me of collaborating with the enemy. You know Shuang'er. How could Shuang'er have the guts to do that? Moreover, the assassin is coming for Shuang'er, intending to kill her! Shuang'er, whom you have tried so hard to protect, has been slandered by the Empress and forced into a confession. You must carefully consider what the Empress intends to do! Your Majesty, Shuang'er's death is not a pity, but you cannot be blinded by the cruelty of this traitor!"

After she woke up from her coma, she had been gathering her energy, waiting for her final fight.

Life or death depends on this moment.

She knew very well that if she didn't crush the queen to death, she would be crushed to death.

The emperor was troubled by her noise.

He only grasped a point and asked, "Assassin, was he going after you?"

"Yes, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, are you so badly injured that you have forgotten what happened back then? You did your best to protect Shuang'er's life. Shuang'er's life is completely saved by you. Shuang'er is willing to work like a slave for you, and go through fire and water for you!"

He Shuangying used tears and emotional cries to blur the facts and tried to get away with it.

"Since you are being tortured, can you give a confession?"

The emperor was silent for a moment and looked away.

Empress Yan immediately ordered the confession to be presented, and she flipped it over with her own hands so that the emperor could read it while lying down.

The emperor did not have the energy to read it carefully, but the skill he had developed over the years of quickly scanning memorials allowed him to read ten lines at a glance even in his weakness.

"Take it away."

He was exhausted and closed his eyes to rest.

Queen Yan took the confession away and whispered to He Shuangying to shut up and not disturb His Majesty's rest.

He Shuangying refused to listen and just cried and complained.

She said that she had sprained her foot last night, so she went to the imperial pharmacy to look for a plaster, but the empress sent people to slander her, tortured the eunuchs in the pharmacy into confessing, and then killed them to silence them.

"Shuang'er finally arrived to see Your Majesty, but before I could explain the Empress's malicious intentions, I encountered an assassin entering the palace to hunt Shuang'er down. Your Majesty... It's so dangerous, Your Majesty! No matter who sent the assassin, the Empress has such a sinister plot against me. She is unfit to be the master of the harem. Shuang'er has only one wish before she dies, and that is to ask you to eliminate the poisonous snakes around you, so as not to be bitten back in the future!"

"Cao Bin."

When the emperor opened his eyes again, he only called out Cao Bin.

Cao Bin quickly knelt down in front of the bed.

At the emperor's instruction, he reported everything that happened that night in chronological order, truthfully and briefly.

Although he wasn't in the imperial presence at the time, he later questioned many palace servants and guards in Chenqian Palace and pieced together the entire chain of events. This included the arrests at the Imperial Pharmacy, the interrogation of the pharmacy's eunuchs by Fengming Palace, the sudden appearance of the "fake Linglong," and Feiwan's dispatch of the Palace Administration Division to hunt down spies.

The confession of the eunuch in the pharmacy of Fengming Palace and the confession of the spy in the Palace Administration Office were both in Cao Bin's hands.

After hearing this, the emperor closed his eyes again to rest.

I was really exhausted and had to rest constantly.

Then, he called out the names of several ministers present and asked for their opinions.

The atmosphere was depressing and solemn.

The ministers did not dare to speak loudly. After they briefly expressed their opinions on the events of that night, the emperor smiled faintly.

"Okay, very good."

No one knew what he meant.

Everyone spoke with restraint. Even the Duke of Zhenguo didn't deliberately excuse Empress Yan or target He Shuangying. He simply discussed the matter and made the most likely assumptions.

The emperor's tone was sarcastic.

Who is being satirized?

No one dared to ask, but the emperor closed his eyes and said he wanted to sleep for a while.

Everyone was nervous, each with their own thoughts, waiting for the emperor to take a nap. No one dared to leave, and no one wanted to leave.

Even He Shuangying was not taken away, but her mouth was gagged to prevent her from making any more noise.

A thick medicinal odor filled the hall, and the air was stagnant and stuffy. Outside the window, the sun was setting in the west, gradually fading, and evening was approaching.

Another ordinary yet eventful day is coming to an end.

The emperor suddenly woke up.

In the dim light without any lamps, his face was extremely pale, but his eyes flashed with coldness.

Ask Cao Bin to bring people to help him up.

He called He Shuangying forward.

He personally pulled out the handkerchief from her mouth.

"He, you're fine."

He Shuangying's hands were tied behind her back, and she knelt on the ground, looking up at the emperor eagerly. Hearing this, she burst into tears, "Your Majesty..."

Your Majesty still believes in her!

Now, the queen is finished!

She was ecstatic.

There was a flash of cold light before his eyes.

My chest felt cold.

My body went limp immediately.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

She looked down confusedly and saw a sharp sword stuck in her chest. The other end of the sword was held in the emperor's hand.

This is a dagger embedded in the mechanism on the edge of the dragon bed.

She accidentally touched the mechanism and found a sword, and played with it. The emperor smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll give it to you."

She pretended to be scared and shy and refused.

But today I was stabbed by it.

why?

She opened her mouth to ask why you wanted to kill me.

What came out was blood.

Collapsing on the ground, she saw the emperor draw his sword and blood splatter.

That's all her blood.

Everyone gathered around in panic, caring about the useless emperor who was out of breath just from swinging his sword, but not about her.

It hurts.

She finally felt the pain of the bloody hole in her chest.

It hurts more than spraining your ankle and more than being tortured.

My vision went dark.

She curled up on the ground, staring with her eyes wide open, dying with her eyes open.

"Sister, He is dead. His Majesty killed her with his own hands."

When the emperor fell asleep again due to fatigue, Queen Yan walked out of the bedroom and went to the warm room in the west.

Fei Wan had been up all night and all day, and was "exhausted", so he was resting here.

In fact, it was because the foreign ministers were in the front that the Queen could come forward, but she, as the Imperial Concubine, needed to avoid suspicion. After pushing for the capture of the remaining spies, she also had to take a step back, slow down, and avoid it.

Half leaning on the pillow of the soft couch, because of his good hearing, although it was still far away from the bedroom, he could vaguely hear the movement over there.

When He Shuangying's body was carried out, she quietly walked to the outer room and saw it through the gap in the partition.

He stood up to greet Queen Yan, held her hand, and found that her fingertips were cold.

"Sister, take a break and drink some hot tea to warm yourself up."

Fei Wan helped Queen Yan sit on the couch and poured her tea.

Queen Yan's face, without makeup, looked even more tired in the dim light of the warm room.

"Sister Zhao, he used five pills with He last night, at least five times. Today, he drew his sword and killed him. He's dissolute, cold-hearted, and cruel. We really serve a very good emperor!"

The rabbit dies and the fox is sad.

Queen Yan did not feel happy about He Shuangying's death.

He Shuangying deserves to die and must die.

But that sword made Queen Yan feel cold on her back, and she didn't dare to think too much about it.

He took advantage of the emperor, and she is doing the same now.

Will there be a sword like this one day, piercing her chest...

"Sister, I'm scared."

Queen Yan held Fei Wan's hand and sighed almost inaudibly.

"Your Majesty helped me ascend the throne, not because he truly loved me. He is cunning and thoughtful, and I can never guess what he's thinking. Now, I'm using him again..."

"Sister, once the arrow is shot, there's no turning back." Fei Wan's tone was firm and powerful, strangely reassuring. "Sister, you're simple-minded and enjoy sincere friendships, unlike his dark and devious ways. That's why you're hesitant and worried about the future. As long as you focus on taking power and aren't affected by his moods, there's nothing to fear. If the day ever comes when we draw swords against each other, at least you won't regret it, because you tried."

Queen Yan took a deep breath and smiled with relief.

"People in the palace are scary. I like my sister the most. She can be gentle and cruel at the same time. She is very attractive to people."

"It's just..." She changed the subject, "I didn't even know my sister knew martial arts."

In the dark and warm room, she suddenly raised her eyes, which were bright and eye-catching.